The torpedo ram Thunder Child steamed headlong into a desperate rescue against three submerged Martian tripods.
As heard by us
A maritime flare of defiance burns through one of Wells' most crowded panic scenes.
Wells turns the flight through the home counties into a widening field of panic, where Barnet, Edgeware, Waltham Abbey, and the roads toward the coast all fold into the same pressure of escape.
Why you'd press play
Press play for a flight from London that ends with one last terrible sight over the sea.
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